Jar-support.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

A. M. 'KATZENBAGH.

JAR SUPPORT.

'APPLIOATION FILED MAR.15, 1906.

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ARTHUR Mi KATZENBAGH, OF GREENUP, ILLINOIS.

JAR-SUPPORT.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed March 15. 1906- Serial No. 306.280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. KATZEN- EACH, a citizen of the United States, residing -at Greenup, in the county of Cumberland and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Jar-Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shipping boxes or crates for bottles, jugs, carboys and similar liquid containing receptacles and has for its object to provide a strong durable crate adapted to form a casing or housing for the bottle during transportation or shipment.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for yieldably supporting the bottle or jug so as to absorb any jar or impact incident to transporting the same, and thereby reduce danger of breakage to a minimum.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a pivoted lid or closure having its side walls formed with alined openings and its lower edge arranged concentric with its pivotal axis, whereby the closure is free to swing laterally to open or closed position in either direction without coming in contact with the liquid containing receptacle.

Vvith these and other objects inview the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in' the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a shipping box or crate constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the lid or closure in open position; Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of a portion of one of the yieldably supported packing strips showing the manner of attaching the coiled springs; and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

.The shipping box or crate consists of a base 5 to which are bolted or otherwise rigidly secured the corner pieces or posts 6, the latter being connected by spaced transverse bars 7 and 8. Mounted for lateral movement on the box or crateis acover or.

closure 9 to which are secured the bifurcated ends of supporting brackets 10.

The brackets 10 are formed with lateral extensions 11 the ends of which are threaded for engagement with suitable nuts 12, between which and the-adj acent bars 7 are interposedwashers or wear plates 18 preferably seated in recesses or depressions 14 formed in said bars as shown. The upper edges of the sidebars 8 are disposed concentric with the pivotal axes of the hangers 10 while the adjacent edge of the cover or closure is curved to conform to the curvature of the bars 8 whereby the closure is free to 15, for engagement with the correspondingly inclined edges 16 of said cover. The side walls of the cover or closure are formed with alined openings or recesses 17 to permitthe cover to clear the neck and cork of the bottle or other liquid containing receptacle 18 when the lid is opened, said lid being locked in closed position by means of pivoted hooks 18 engaging'suitable eyes 19 secured to the adjacent side bars 8.

It will be noted that the top of the box is flat, so that it may form a supporting surface for the crate parts when the same are shipped in quantity.

As a means for receiving and absorbing any jar or impact incident to shipping or transporting the bottle from place to place,

' there are provided suitable packing strips 20 the free ends of which are preferably inclined or beveled as indicated at 21 to facilitate the introduction and removal of said bottle. The packing strips are spaced inwardly from the corner posts or standards 6 and interposed between said strips and posts are coiled springs 21 one end. of each of which engages a loop or eye 22 in a plate or bracket 23 and is extended laterally into engagement with the wall of the adjacent strip while the opposite end of the spring is threaded through an eye on a similar bracket 24 secured to the adjacent corner post as shown. When it is desired to remove the bottle from the crate the hooks 18 are released from the eyes 19 and the cover or closure moved laterally to open readily withdrawn from the case.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided an extremely simple, inexpensive and efficient device admira- 1y adapted for the attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed is: t

1. A shipping crate comprising a body portion and a cover, the latter being provided With a flat top, carrying arms connected to the cover at one end, and pivoted at the opposite end to the body of the crate, the top of the body portion, and the lower face of the cover being arranged on curved lines struck from the axis of the pivot to permit opening movement of the cover in either direction, said cover having openings in its side Walls, and means for locking said cover in position.

2. In a shipping crate of the class described, a body portion having vertically arranged corner posts, packing strips disposed parallel With the posts, alining plates on the posts and strips, said plates being provided With projecting eyes, and" the sides of the posts and strips being further provided With eyes, and cushioning springs, the ends of Which are passed through the eyes, said springs serving to support the packing strips above the level of the bottom of the crate and tending, also, to force the strips in the direction of the center of the crate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto afiXGCl my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR M. KATZENBACI-I.

Witnesses:

J. V. EOFP, BURR VAUGHN. 

